The East Bengal Club Season Awards are the official East Bengal awards presented on 1 August to various recipients in the Foundation Day celebrations of the club. The Inaugural award was handed out in 2011 which had three categories the highlight 'Bharat Gourav Award', the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and the 'Player of the Season Award'.
Awards ceremony
East Bengal Club was founded on 1 August 1920 and every year on this day, the club celebrates its Foundation Day. Since 2011, the awards ceremony was launched by the club to commemorate and honour different sporting personalities as per the categories. The highest honour "Bharat Gaurav" award is handed out each year to honour outstanding sports personalities who have made the country proud in different fields of sports. Along with the "Bharat Gaurav" award, the club also presents two lifetime achievement awards namely "Dr Ramesh Chandra (Nosa) Sen Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award" and "Byomkesh Bose Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award" in respect of two former legends of the club, to honour former players and sportspersons who have represented the club. Along with these, the club also awards the "Player of the Season" to the best player of the previous season. The club also awards two awards dedicated to sports journalists namely the "Ajoy Bose Memorial Journalism Award" and "Pushpen Sarkar Memorial Photo-Journalism Award". The club also hands over the "Pankaj Gupta Memorial and Pratul Gupta Memorial Referee Award" to various referees from Kolkata maidan.
Winners
Bharat Gaurav Award
East Bengal Club had constituted the ‘Bharat Gaurav Award' in 2011, as the highest decoration by the club to honour the outstanding sports personalities who had made India proud in different fields of sports. Three times Olympic Champion and Indian Hockey legend Leslie Claudius was the first recipient of the award in 2011.[1] The club has awarded the likes of Ahmed Khan, Arun Ghosh, Bachendri Pal, Milkha Singh, Dhanraj Pillay, Gurbux Singh, Kapil Dev since then. The award was not presented in two years 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[2] In 2022 the awards were once again presented, with former India women's national cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami and tennis star Leander Paes jointly awarded the honour by the club.[3]
| Year | Recipient | Sport Field | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Leslie Claudius | Field hockey | [4] |
| 2012 | Ahmed Khan | Football | [5][6] |
| 2013 | Arun Ghosh | Football | [7] |
| 2014 | Bachendri Pal | Mountaineering | [8] |
| 2015 | Mohammed Habib | Football | [9] |
| 2016 | Milkha Singh | Sprint | [10] |
| 2017 | Dhanraj Pillay | Field hockey | [11] |
| 2018 | Gurbux Singh | Field hockey | [12] |
| 2019 | Kapil Dev | Cricket | [13] |
| 2020 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | |
| 2021 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | |
| 2022 | Jhulan Goswami | Cricket | [3] |
| Leander Paes | Tennis | [3] | |
| 2023 | Ratan Tata | Industrialist | [14] |
| 2024 | Sourav Ganguly | Cricket | |
Player of the Season Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Player of the Season Award' in 2011 to honour the best football player of the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Mehtab Hossain was the first recipient in 2011.[4]
However, the first Player of the Season title was awarded at the end of the 2007–08 season, given by the then official marketing partner - Ideas Unlimited, with goalkeeper Subrata Paul being the winner.[15]
| Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Template:Flagicon India | Subrata Paul | Goalkeeper | [16] |
| 2011 | Template:Flagicon India | Mehtab Hossain | Midfielder | [4] |
| 2012 | Template:Flagicon Nigeria | Penn Orji | Midfielder | [5] |
| 2013 | Template:Flagicon India | Saumik Dey | Defender | [7] |
| 2014 | Template:Flagicon India | Arnab Mondal | Defender | [8] |
| 2015 | Template:Flagicon India | Robert Lalthlamuana | Defender | [9] |
| 2016 | Template:Flagicon South Korea | Do Dong-hyun | Forward | [10] |
| 2017 | Template:Flagicon India | Gurwinder Singh | Defender | [11] |
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon Syria | Mahmoud Amnah | Midfielder | [12] |
| 2019 | Template:Flagicon India | Laldanmawia Ralte | Midfielder | [13] |
| 2020 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | ||
| 2021 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | ||
| 2022 | not awarded | [3] | ||
| 2023 | Template:Flagicon Brazil | Cleiton Silva | Forward | [14] |
| 2024 | Template:Flagicon India | Nandhakumar Sekar | Forward | |
Lifetime Achievement Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in 2011 to honour a legendary sports personality of the club. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. India and East Bengal Legend Sudhir Karmakar and Sukumar Samajpati were the first recipients of this award in 2011.[4]
Academy Player of the Year Award
East Bengal had constituted the 'Academy Player of the Year Award' in 2018 to honour the best football player of the East Bengal FC Academy for the previous season. It is decided by the Executive Members committee. Manoj Mohammed and PC Rohlupuia were the first recipients of this award in 2018.[12]
| Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Template:Flagicon India | Manoj Mohammed | Defender | [12] |
| Template:Flagicon India | PC Rohlupuia | Midfielder | [12] | |
| 2019 | not awarded | |||
| 2020 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | ||
| 2021 | not awarded | Template:Efn-ua | ||
Special Awards
On the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the club in 2019, a set of special awards were awarded to sports personalities associated with the East Bengal club.[13]
| Award Name | Nationality | Recipient | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach of Coaches award | Template:Flagicon India | P. K. Banerjee | [13] |
| Best Foreign Player award | Template:Flagicon Iran | Majid Bishkar | [17][18] |
Notes
References
- ↑ East Bengal Club - Bharat Gourav Award.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedeb2020 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Leander, Jhulan get East Bengal's highest honour, Das Sharma, Amitabha(1 August 2022).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 East Bengal and Mohun Bagan practice starts while East Bengal Day celebrated.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 East Bengal Foundation Day: Celebrating 93 years of consistent achievement.
- ↑ East Bengal to celebrate Foundation Day on 1st August(23 July 2012).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Arun Ghosh to be conferred East Bengal's Bharat Gaurav award.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Bachendri Pal conferred Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Club.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Indian Legend Mohamamed Habib awarded 'Bharat Gaurav' by East Bengal.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 East Bengal to honour Milkha Singh with Bharat Gaurav award(27 July 2016).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Dhanraj Pillay conferred with Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal Football Club.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 East Bengal seek a 'new identity' on foundation day.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 East Bengal to confer Kapil Dev with Bharat Gaurav award.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 ast Bengal confers Tarun Bose the lifetime achievement award; Cleiton, Naorem Mahesh also felicitated, Das Sharma, Amitabha(1 August 2023).
- ↑ Bodyline-Kingfisher East Bengal Award function held today.
- ↑ Subrata Pal gets East Bengal Player of the Year Award.
- ↑ wanted time for myself, thought no one would find me here, Mergulhao, Marcus(16 Aug 2019).
- ↑ Emotional homecoming for East Bengal legend Majid 'Badsha' Beshkar, Das Sharma, Amitabha(13 Aug 2019).